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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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