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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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