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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

