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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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