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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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