The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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