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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
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...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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