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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

