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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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