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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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