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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

