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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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