The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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