The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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