The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown