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...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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