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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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