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
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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