The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

