The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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