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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...

