The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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