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