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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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