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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...

