The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

