The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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