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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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