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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
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...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

