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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
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