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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Laura Baker?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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