The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

