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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
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...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston