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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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