The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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