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...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

