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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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