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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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