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...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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