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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In 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