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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

