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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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
Old Brewery In Preston