The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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