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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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