The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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