The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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 Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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