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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
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 End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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