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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

