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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

