The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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