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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
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...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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