The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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