The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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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