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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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