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...
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital 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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown