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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

