The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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