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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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