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...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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