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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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