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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

