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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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