The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

