The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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