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...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

