The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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