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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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