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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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 Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

