The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

