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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

