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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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