The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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