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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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