The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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