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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

