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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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