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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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