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...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown