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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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