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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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