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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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