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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

