The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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