The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
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...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

