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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston