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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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