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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

