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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Eloise Butler?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

