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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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