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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

