The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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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