The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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