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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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