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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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