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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
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...

