The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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