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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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