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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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