The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
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 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

