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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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