The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

