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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

