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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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