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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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
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