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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

