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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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