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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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