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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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