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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
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...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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