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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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