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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

