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