The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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...
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