The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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