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...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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