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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown