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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

