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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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