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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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