The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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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