The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

