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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

