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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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