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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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