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
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

