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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

