The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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