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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

