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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital 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