The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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