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 and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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