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...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

