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...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown