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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

