The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

