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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

