The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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