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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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