The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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