The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Twin Cities Area
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown