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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
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...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

