The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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