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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

