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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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