The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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