The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

