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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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