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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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