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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
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 The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

