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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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