The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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