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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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