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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
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...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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