Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Twin Cities Area
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

