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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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 Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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