The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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