The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

