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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul