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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
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...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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