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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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