The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

