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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...

