The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
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...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

