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...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

