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