The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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