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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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