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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

