The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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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