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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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