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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
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...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

