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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
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