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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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