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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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