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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

