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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

