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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

