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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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