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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
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
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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