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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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