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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

