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