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
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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