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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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