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 Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

