The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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