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 Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown