The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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