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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

