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...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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