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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston