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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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