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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

