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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

