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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

