The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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