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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
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 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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