The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

