The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

