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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In 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 Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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