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...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

