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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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