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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

