The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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