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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

