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...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

