The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. Itโs dwarfed by the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

