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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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