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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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