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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

