The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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