The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

