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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

