The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

