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...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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