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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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