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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown