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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
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...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

