The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

