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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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