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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

