The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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