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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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