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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
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...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

