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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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