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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
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...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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