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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston
