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
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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