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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

