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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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