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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

