The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

