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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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