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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

