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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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