The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Twin Cities Area
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
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...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

