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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...

