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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

