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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

