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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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