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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
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