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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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