The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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