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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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