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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

