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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston