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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

