The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
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