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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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