The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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