The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

