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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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