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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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