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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston