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...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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