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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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