The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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