The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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