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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

