The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
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