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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie 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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

