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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

