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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City