The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

