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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

