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...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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