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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

