The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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