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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

