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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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