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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

