The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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