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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown