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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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