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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

