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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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