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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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