The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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