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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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