The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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