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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
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
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

