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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

