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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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