The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
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...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

