The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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 The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

