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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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