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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

