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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
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...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota 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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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