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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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