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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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