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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

