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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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