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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

