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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

