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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
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