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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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