The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
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...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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