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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City 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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown