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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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