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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

