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