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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

