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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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