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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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