The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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