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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
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