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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

