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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

