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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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