The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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