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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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