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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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