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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

