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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

