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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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