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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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