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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

