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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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