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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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