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 Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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