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...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital 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