The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

