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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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