The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
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...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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