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