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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

