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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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