The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
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...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

