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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City