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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

