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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

