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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
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