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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

