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...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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