The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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