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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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