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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

