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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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