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...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
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
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

