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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

