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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

