The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

