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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

