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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

