The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

