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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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