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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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