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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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