The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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