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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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