The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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