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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...

