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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

