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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
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...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

