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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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