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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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