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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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