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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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