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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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