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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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