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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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