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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

