The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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