The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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