The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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