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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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