The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

