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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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