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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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