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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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