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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
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...

