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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

