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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

