The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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