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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

