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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

