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