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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
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