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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston