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