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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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