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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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