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 Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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