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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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