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...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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