The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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