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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown