The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital 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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston