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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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