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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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