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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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