The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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