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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion 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...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

