The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
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...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown