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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

