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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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