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...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. Thatโs sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isnโt clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

