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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

