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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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