The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
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...
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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