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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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