The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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