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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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