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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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