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...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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