The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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
Old Brewery In Preston