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 Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didnโt know where I was. I certainly didnโt...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluthโs west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

