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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

