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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
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...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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