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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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