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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 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...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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