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...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
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