The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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