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...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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