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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
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...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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