The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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