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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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...
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
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