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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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