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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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