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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...

