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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

