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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

