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