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...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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