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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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