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...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

