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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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