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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
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