The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
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
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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