The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
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...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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