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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

