The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

