The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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