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
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

