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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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