The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston