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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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