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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

