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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

