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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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