The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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