The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

