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...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
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