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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

