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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston
