The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluthโs west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

