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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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