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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

