The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Twin Cities Area
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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