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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

