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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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