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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
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...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

