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...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

