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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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