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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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