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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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