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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
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...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

