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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

