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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul