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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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