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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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