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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

