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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

