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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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