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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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