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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Donโt you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

