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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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