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

