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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
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...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

