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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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