The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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