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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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