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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston