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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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