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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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