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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back 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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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