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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

