The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
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...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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