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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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