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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

