The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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