The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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