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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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