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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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