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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

