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