The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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