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