The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
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...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

