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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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