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
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
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