The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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