The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City