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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
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
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

