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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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