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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

