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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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