The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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