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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown