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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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