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