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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

