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...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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