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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

