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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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