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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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