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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

