The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
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...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

