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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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