The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

