The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
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...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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