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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
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...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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